Operational Risk Manager - Mortgages

 

Macquarie Adviser Services (MAS), a division of Macquarie’s Banking and Financial Services Group; manages relationships with external financial intermediaries and provides sales service and product management of in-house and external products. This includes Macquarie Mortgages, Macquarie’s superannuation products, cash products such as the Macquarie Cash Management Trust (the leading cash management trust in the Australian market), Macquarie Cash XL and the Macquarie Wrap administration service.

The Risk and Compliance team within MAS are currently seeking a well experienced and self motivated Operational Risk Manager to join the team to focus on the Macquarie Mortgages business, with an increasing focus upon new product distribution whilst continuing to support the existing product suite.

Reporting to the Senior Operational Risk Manager, you will directly work with key counterparts of the business and actively develop and maintain the risk and compliance framework for the Mortgages business. You will actively assist the business to identify, manage and mitigate operational risks and carry out necessary risk activities. As an Operational Risk Manager, it is your responsibility to ensure that the business has a strong awareness of risk and culture. More specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Operational Risk Initiatives and Self-Assessments: assist in maintaining an effective risk management and control frameworks through completion of targeted reviews and self-assessments
• Risk & Compliance Culture & Framework Activities: assist in the development of risk and compliance frameworks across the business, risk management culture, and to be recognised for providing expert operational risk advice
• Project Risk Management: provide operational risk and compliance guidance on various business projects and ensure appropriate frameworks are in place to manage project and business risks.

Ideally, you will have:

• Experience in internal/external audit and/or previous experience in operational risk (highly advantageous)
• Experience in Mortgages and/or retail products and their regulatory frameworks (highly advantageous)
• Experience working in or with large operations teams with high transaction volumes and complex IT systems
• An enthusiastic, self-motivated and proactive persona
• The ability to multi-task priorities, manage deadlines and pick up new ideas and concepts quickly
• Strong technical, analytical and (written and verbal) communication skills
• Ability to produce high quality deliverables for different audiences
• An ambitious and focused attitude.